

Born into borrowed rules
Wearing someone else’s “cool”
I smiled like “that’s just life”
While my own pulse stayed mute
Quiet heat, loud mind
Passion and the madness, in time
Quiet heat, loud mind
I don’t chase it, I align
Quiet heat, loud mind
If you feel it, you’ll know the sign
Quiet heat, loud mind
In this fire, I feel alive
Woke up in a script I never signed, yeah
Default settings in my spine, yeah
“Be realistic” like a leash on the neck
I played polite, kept it neat, kept it fine, yeah
Same faces, same lanes, same “right way”
Life like a hallway, white paint, no doorway
Then I heard a small drum in the floorboard
Not a shout—more a hum I couldn’t ignore, boy
It wasn’t “dream big,” it was “do it again”
A tiny itch turned into truth in my hands
Kinda scary how a habit becomes a lamp
When you stop asking “why” and you just advance
Now I guard that spark like a last name
Feed it silence, watch it grow past shame
If they call it crazy, I don’t get offended
I just got invited to my own new ending
I don’t preach, I don’t pose
I keep my gold under my coat
But the moment it starts to glow
I can’t pretend I don’t know
Quiet heat, loud mind
Passion and the madness, in time
Quiet heat, loud mind
I don’t chase it, I align
Quiet heat, loud mind
If you feel it, you’ll know the sign
Quiet heat, loud mind
In this fire, I feel alive
Found it in the “just one more”
In the late-night, closed-door
In the loop of a simple thing
That I couldn’t quit, couldn’t ignore
I didn’t notice—so subtle
Like jazz on a side street shuffle
But people said “why you doing that?”
And that question lit my fuel, no trouble
“Girl, what are you on?” — I smiled
Not shame, that’s a green light
That’s a crack in the wall of the normal
That’s a chance to live in my real life
It’s not fireworks, it’s focus
A calm blade, clean motion
A weird little joy that repeats
Till it turns into ocean
So I stack that “madness” neatly
In the pocket of my heartbeat, deeply
If they want my heat, they can’t steal it
I don’t show it—still they feel it
If you never had a name for it
That doesn’t mean it’s not there
If it keeps you coming back to it
That’s a signal in the air
Take your match, don’t ask permission
Don’t let the room choose your vision
Add one more log to the fever
Careful calm, wild precision
I don’t force my faith on nobody
No sermon, no “look at me” hobby
I keep it private like ink in my veins
But it drives me, it moves my body
Mad focus, math focus
Minutes turn into galaxies—stacked, lotus
They see “obsession,” I see a compass
Pointing dead-center at what my soul chose
Fuel up the strange, keep it tasteful
Classy chaos, mind stable
Jazz swing with a steel-toe step
Soft smile but the work stay fatal
And if you relate, no pressure
Just step in the light, no lecture
We can dance in the corner together
Quiet heat, loud mind, no extra
Quiet heat, loud mind
Passion and the madness, in time
Quiet heat, loud mind
I don’t chase it, I align
Quiet heat, loud mind
If you feel it, you’ll know the sign
Quiet heat, loud mind
In this fire, I feel alive
Born into borrowed rules, I cut the string
Found a small “can’t stop” and made it sing
If they say “what you doing?” I say “watch”
Add more wood to the fire—let it ring
Quiet heat, loud mind
Quiet heat, loud mind
Quiet heat, loud mind
In this fire, I feel alive
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Listen to Alive by Kiorhi
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Alive
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No Worries
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- 3
Luck
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- 4
Next Level
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- 5
Can't Stop
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- 6
Idea & Taste
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- 7
Shitamachi Vibe
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- 8
At The Bar
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- 9
Mirror
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- 10
Breakout
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- 11
Let Me Sing
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- 12
Not Alone
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Artist Profile
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- Kiorhi - Kiorhi is a Tokyo-based DJ/trackmaker, and also works as a data scientist / systems engineer. The "Kiorhi" project explores coexisting with AI in the world ahead and the expansion of human creative expression, aiming to leave a positive message for the future.